St. Clair County
Land Deeds & Patents

Benjamin Perrine

The United States of America,
Certificate No. 49046
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas Benjamin Perrine, of St. Clair County, Missouri,
has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Warsaw, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said
Benjamin Perrine
according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for
the West half of the South East quarter of Section twenty eight, in Township thirty eight of Range Twenty seven, in the District of lands subject to sale at Warsaw, Missouri, containing Eighty acres
according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said
Benjamin Perrine.
Now Know Ye, That the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given And Granted, and by these presents, Do Give And Grant, unto the said
Benjamin Perrine
And to his heirs, the said tract above described; To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said
Benjamin Perrine
And to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony Whereof, I, James Buchanan,
President Of The United States Of America, have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine and of the Independence of The United States the Eighty third.
By the President: James Buchanan
By J.A.P. Leonard, Secretary.
J.N. Granger, Recorder of the General Land Office